2020

On November 18, 2020 the CTRA Board of Directors and the CTRA Staff met and the following are a few highlights of what was discussed. CTRA BOD met and welcomed two brand new members to our board. Our new Western Director: Melissa D’souza and Marketing Director: Chelsea Crockford.  Thank you for stepping into these roles […]

The Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Zealand Society of Diversional and Recreation Therapists Incorporated on September 21, 2020. The goal of this MOU is that positive and effective relationships will be developed, resulting in progressive and encouraging opportunities for each partner, their clients, members and affiliates. What this

 Dear valued members of CTRA near and far, A lot has happened since our last communications. Prior to COVID- 19, May 6th to the 8th would have been our National Conference. The reality of COVID-19 world pandemic has clearly changed the realities for our profession to the extent that our National Conference was cancelled. Thankfully though,

Winter 2020 has been very different for many of us and I wanted to take a few moments to share my own reflections with you all and how I have recognized the Therapeutic Recreation profession to be increasingly important. Winter 2020 changed for me on January 25, 2020. The day the City of St. John’s

I listened to a podcast recently called “The Psychology of Crisis”.  What caught my attention was the word “Crisis” and the fact that it indicated we are all in a Crisis.  We are all currently facing something in our lifetime that we never thought that we would see, or at least I didn’t.  The podcast

Subject: Cancellation of CTRA 2020 Annual Conference From Tanea Goncalves Forward, Executive Director of Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association Dear Members, Delegates, Volunteers, Staff and Clients, CTRA has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the 2020 Annual Conference scheduled for May 6-8, 2020 in Jasper, Alberta due to the continued rapid spread of Coronavirus